Lyles, TN

Census Place

2024 Population

1,385

US Senator

Marsha Blackburn

Republican Party

US Senator

Bill Hagerty

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

35.8

28.5% 1-year decrease

2024 Poverty Rate

8.66%

48.3% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$68,036

36.9% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

Economy

The economy of Lyles, TN employs 661 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Lyles, TN were Health Care & Social Assistance (167 people), Construction (121 people), and Retail Trade (105 people), and the highest paying industries were Construction ($60,276), Manufacturing ($46,193), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($37,928).

Employment

Occupations

661

2024 Value

± 253

52.7%

1 Year growth

± 43.3%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Lyles, TN grew at a rate of 52.7%, from 433 employees to 661 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Lyles, TN, are Construction & Extraction Occupations (95 people), Food Preparation & Serving Related Occupations (94 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (87 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Lyles, TN.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Tennessee.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Tennessee (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

661

2024 Value

± 253

52.7%

1 Year growth

± 43.3%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Lyles, TN grew at a rate of 52.7%, from 433 employees to 661 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Lyles, TN, are Health Care & Social Assistance (167 people), Construction (121 people), and Retail Trade (105 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Lyles, TN, though some of these residents may live in Lyles, TN and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$50,817

Median earning men ± $15,465

$31,277

Median earning women ± $7,488

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Construction ($60,533).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($38,980).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Lyles, TN was $219,100 in 2024, which is 0.659 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $196,000 to $219,100, a 11.8% increase. The homeownership rate in Lyles, TN is 74.9%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Lyles, TN have an average commute time of 39.1 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Lyles, TN is higher than the national average, with an average of 3 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$219,100

Median Property Value 2024

±$17,033

$361

Median Property Taxes

±$168

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Lyles, TN the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Lyles, TN compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

74.9%

Homeownership

2024

71.1%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 74.9% of the housing units in Lyles, TN were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 81.8%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Lyles, TN compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$68,036

Median Household Income

± $37,920

482

Number of Households

± 194

In 2024, the median household income of the 482 households in Lyles, TN grew to $68,036 from the previous year's value of $49,688.

The following chart displays the households in Lyles, TN distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Lyles, TN is from Tennessee.

0.457

2024 Wage GINI in Tennessee

0.459

2023 Wage GINI in Tennessee

In 2024, the income inequality in Tennessee was 0.457 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.505% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Tennessee was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Tennessee in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Tennessee across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (92.3%)
Carpooled (7.72%)

In 2024, 92.3% of workers in Lyles, TN drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (7.72%) and those who used public transit to get to work (0%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

39.1 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Lyles, TN have a longer commute time (39.1 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Lyles, TN have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Lyles, TN compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

3 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Lyles, TN distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Lyles, TN have 3 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

8.66% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Lyles, TN (120 out of 1.39k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 25 - 34, followed by Females 55 - 64 and then Females 6 - 11.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Lyles, TN is White, followed by Two Or More and Hispanic.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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